Kelvin Lamonte Lampkins v. Robert Thompson Archie Luss, Jr.

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• holding that plaintiff failed to demonstrate entitlement to a new trial based on presence of federal marshals in the courtroom
• “Although procedurally unusual, the qualified immunity defense is not waived or lost if a case proceeds to trial.”
• “absent plain error, appellants must raise specific objections to the form or content of jury instructions...in order to preserve such matters for appeal.”
• “[t]he authority to grant a new trial ... is confided almost entirely to the exercise of discretion on the part of the trial court.”
• no abuse of discretion in ordering costs for deposition transcripts and copying where district court considered losing party’s indigency and incarceration
• “[N]ot all security measures, even where they single out a party as potentially dangerous or a flight risk, are unconstitutionally prejudicial.”

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